Zao Now: Tuesday 3rd January 2017
- Jan 3, 2017
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 5, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 112cm
Posted on Tuesday 3rd January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
A few cm of fresh snow to report this morning which is good; though we of course need to be seeing much more than that. The Chuo, Paradise and Uwanodai areas have all added 5cm to their official snow depth numbers this morning so there should be a fresh cover up on the slopes.
There is snow on the forecast now so I am hopeful to see snow tomorrow into Thursday. Let's see.
For now, resort operations are looking like they are remaining the same as they have been. Sorry, one change I just noticed -- the Sunrise pair lift is moving now.
The following lifts are not operating:
Kurohime Number 1 quad
Zao Kokutai pair
Ryuzan pair
Karamatsu pair
Nakamori Number 1 triple
Nakamori Number 2 pair
Zao Paradise Number 3 pair
Omori quad
Official snow depths:
Chuo - 65cm
Utopia - 35cm
Uwanodai - 30cm
Paradise - 55cm
Juhyo 'Ice Monsters' Light Up night time Zao Ropeway operations
January 2017: 3rd, 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th, 21st, 22nd, 27th-31st
February 2017: 1st-28th
March 2017: 1st-5th
Operating from 5pm until 9pm; last ropeway up at 7:50pm.
Ropeway return charges are 2,600 yen for adults and 1,300 yen for children.
In the event of poor weather conditions, operations are sometimes cancelled.
Zao Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Tuesday 3rd January 2017 Total snowfall at base 112cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 23 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 17cm (on 17th December) November 2016 snowfall 11cm observed on 6 days December 2016 snowfall 98cm observed on 16 days January 2017 snowfall 3cm observed on 1 day |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Zao Onsen. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report.